Lodderena pulchella

Lodderena pulchella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Skeneidae
Genus:Lodderena
Species: L. pulchella
Binomial name
Lodderena pulchella
(Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
Synonyms
  • Cyclostremiscus pulchellus Olsson & McGinty, 1958
  • Cyclostremiscus schrammi auct. non Fischer, 1857
  • Pachystremiscus pulchella Olsson & McGinty, 1958

Lodderena pulchella is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell attains 0.85 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil at depths up to 100 m.

References

  1. ↑ Lodderena pulchella (Olsson & McGinty, 1958).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  • Olsson, A. A. and T. L. McGinty. 1958. Recent marine mollusks from the Caribbean coast of Panama with the description of some new genera and species. Bulletins of American Paleontology 39: 1-58, pls. 1-5.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas


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